The Gardens Weather Forecast

East of Flinders Island Coastal Waters

Wind

Westerly 20 to 25 knots, reaching up to 30 knots offshore during the afternoon and evening. Winds tending southwesterly in the evening.

Seas

1 to 2 metres, increasing to 2.5 to 3 metres offshore.

1st Swell

South to southwesterly around 1 metre offshore, tending southeast to southwesterly 1 to 1.5 metres by early evening.

Weather

Partly cloudy. The chance of a thunderstorm offshore early this evening.

Weather Situation

A cold front clears to the east of Tasmania with a cool southwesterly airstream extending over the state in its wake. A high pressure system is forecast to move over Tasmania from the west during Wednesday before slipping to the southeast during Thursday tending the airstream northerly over the state. Northerly flow is forecast to persist into Friday as a weakening cold front approaches the west, forecast to cross during Saturday.